So the theme of the month of May was, according to the Power Path, NEW ALIGNMENT.

We have been shaken, rattled, taken apart, and sideswiped by the unexpected. We have had to accept change and embrace the unknown. The eclipses of March and April affected us on a very deep level, with core issues needing to be acknowledged, forgiven and cleared. We all agree that this is a new time with new possibilities and yet the clarity of what’s to come is just beyond our reach. We have glimpsed the potential of more power, but how do we integrate it into our lives?

These times are amazing, unsettled, a bit overwhelming and confusing, scary but awesome at the same time, and full of new opportunities. What is needed now is integration and assimilation that will help create a new alignment serving as a new platform from which we can move forward.

– The Power Path

OK.  It’s the end of the month.  And that month was a bit of a shit show- it really made me question my abilities and directions and choices that have brought me to this point.

I am finishing up  other projects and redirecting my energy.

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Aligning.  I am aligning.

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I have dug back, dug deep, let go and released.  [Recall the metaphor of the slingshot.]

I am moving further away from the old patterns, and the old distractions, old hesitations.

Redefining what abundance means. [Recall: Abundance means less.]

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I am saying YES.  [Recall: Why no meant a yes.]

And so…

The graphic novel

I am working more and more on MOLLY.  My goal is to move to an 85% mode of living– i.e. that soon 85% of my time will be spent on her.  I am preparing to be shameless at making this work.  Ruthless.  Raising funds.  Contacting publishers.  Doing it right.

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SYNOPSIS:

To escape the shackles of circumstance, she takes the darkest path.

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Initially this project was all about: Who were the Babes in the Wood?

I present a new angle to this historical Vancouver mystery through crime scene reconstruction, forensic taphonomy, historical archives, genealogical records, behavior evidence analysis, circumstantial connections and artistic interpretation.

The initial goal of my research was to identify the children whose skeletal remains were found in Stanley Park on January 15, 1953, but Molly- a Graphic Novel is more a portrait of a city as told through the lens of one troubled young woman in post-war Vancouver.

I first immersed myself in the investigation in 2003 when I volunteered as a researcher with the Babes in the Wood Task Force.  I have remained dedicated to the case ever since.  Using a combination of text, primary sources, illustrations and photographs, I will present my research journey, equivocal findings and creative process to the reader.

NOTE: this is a work of creative non-fiction inspired by true facts, evidence and events.  It is an artistic interpretation and no more than that.

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I am elated that I have a treatment with a structure that allows me to present the 12 + years of research.

This journey began in August 2003.  

It has taken longer that expected but is taking exactly the time it needs.

I am grateful to have the gift of creativity and I now need to push my artistic expression further, bigger, fuller.

And I am grateful for my support network of family and friends who literally kept me on this planet.  I’m still here and ready to DO THIS!  To tell Molly’s story.

She’s guiding and I’m following direction.  I am grateful she chose me!

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Nobody creates a criminal profile on their own. – Brent Turvey

I want to thank the following people who have helped me in various ways to be able to research Molly’s story.

[details about their various involvements will appear in the graphic novel acknowledgments section]

Roar Thorsen

Karin Thorsen

Fredrik Thorsen

Babes in the Wood task force: Sgt. Brian Honeybourn, Dr. David Sweet, George Garret

Grant Rainsley

Paul Young

Brent Turvey

Staff at the following archives: Vancouver Police Centennial Museum, Pier 21 Society, BC Archives, Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver Public Library: Special Collections, Vancouver Public Library: microfilm section, City of Vancouver Archives, Mission City Archives, Mission City Record, Toronto Children’s Aid Society, Japanese Canadian National Museum, Alberta Genealogical Society, Alberta Families Histories Society, City of Edmonton Archive, Provincial Archives of Alberta, Glenbow Archives

Helen Ritchey, Celtic Creations

Solvig Olsson

Cher Thorsen

Anders Thorsen

Charmaine Crooks

Julian Bowers

Anna Thorsen

Patti Henderson

Kickstarter backers including: Anthony Siress, Dustin Christensen, Paul Marquis, Laura Mack, Joanna Harks, Rob Bucci, Nelda Hinds, Victor Mendoza, Brad Slater, Selina Crammond, Henry Denander, Nancy Mortifee, Joseph Killian, Rebecca Rawlinson, Nathan Parker, Sandra Garcia, Sairah Hearns, Ian Powell, Steve Podborski, Warren Te Brugge, Brad Lawrence, John Demuynck, Robert Nadeau, Lynn Gosnell, Maud Kerzendörfer, Cecile Cowley, Eric Damon Walters

Jocelyn Louise (the model for Molly)

Jay Fisher (the stylist)

Rick Legal

Nancy Kirkpatrick

Pamela Post

Eve Lazarus

Anne Banner

Matthew Roy

Owen McEwen

Jen MacDonald

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Want to help me tell this story? 

Please consider:

1. Purchasing my art.  I regularly post product and sales on this blog!

2. Donating (all donors and sales customers will be included in acknowledgments):

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TODAY’S SALE: The Molly Paper Dress

If you are interested in purchasing this one-of-a-kind double-sided item featuring ORIGINAL embroidered drawings (wearable art– size 4 to 6 A-frame or wallhanging), that will be photographed for the graphic novel, contact me at britakatarina@gmail.com

$675 CAD

(free shipping- allow 4 weeks for delivery)

Payment via email transfer to britakatarina@gmail.com

or paypal LINK

  

  

  

 

I have no money, no resources, no hopes.  I am the happiest man alive.  A year ago, six months ago, I thought I was an artist.  I no longer think about it, I am.  Everything that was literature has fallen from me.  There are no more books to be written, thank God.

This then?  This is not a book.  This is libel, slander, defamation of character.  This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word…

– Henry Miller